Hi, Richard.
 
I was very pleased to receive your email! I conducted a field camp this
summer at a Tavern Site in Monmouth County, NJ. While we didn't have the
people-power to do lots of units, we hit a very nice midden deposit about
50 feet from the structure. Without having done the detailed analysis as of
yet, it looks like the deposit represents the last years that the property
was used as a tavern (1780-1814). We have a nice sample of food remains,
ceramics, a few clothing-related items, and the odd mystery item, as well
as glass, etc. As this is a historic building associated with a museum
(Monmouth County Historical Association, Freehold, NJ), as well as being on
the National Register, we have some nice document-based research on the
property and the people who lived/worked there.
 
If this sounds like something you'd be interested in, let me know, and I'll
put together an abstract.
 
Also, what are the dates of the conference, and do you have membership info??
 
Thanks,
Megan Springate
 
At 10:28 PM 9/7/98 -0400, you wrote:
>I am looking for a few good papers on historical archaeology in the Middle
>Atlantic for the 1999 MAAC in Harrisburg, PA.  Papers on 19th-century topics
>are particularly welcome.  The session's working title, stolen, in part, from
>historian P.Scranton is:
>
> "Endless Novelty"  Archaeology Perspectives on 19th-century life
>in the Middle Atlantic
>
>If interested, please contact:
>
>Richard Veit, Ph.D.
>Department of History and Anthropology
>Monmouth University
>West Long Branch, NJ
>07764-1898
>
>Ph:  (732) 571-3440, ext. 2099
>
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